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Oil Industry in California, 1911-1914
BANC PIC 19xx.129--ALB
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Collection Title: Oil Industry in California
Date: 1911-1914
Collection Number: BANC PIC 19xx.129--ALB
Extent:
383 black and white photographs in 3 albums
229 digital objects
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Collection is available for use.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted
in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted
to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Oil Industry in California, 1911-1914, BANC PIC 19xx.129--ALB, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley
Digital Representations Available
Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image
files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto
35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD
files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.
Unknown.
The Oil Industry in California collection consists of 383 photographs taken from 1911-1914. The photographer is unknown. Every
aspect of the industry is depicted: choosing and clearing the site, hauling the pipes, line, and equipment; drilling water
wells; building derricks; constructing offices, camps, housing, and facilities for workers; pumping stations; boilers; sluicing;
equipment and tools; men working; and accidents and fires. The collection includes scenes of Casitas, Kettleman Hills, Coyote
Creek, and La Belle Oil Company lands and wells. The collection is arranged chronologically. Captions are typewritten on the
snapshots, presumably by the photographer.